Alison Krauss

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Alison's voice is unique in that it is soft and frail sounding, yet is very powerful. I cannot think of another artist with similar abilites. Music-wise, pick any Nashville-sound country band and replace the singer. (tjshadb@voyuz.net)

Covers/own material:

Many original songs, but the Nashville sound almost guarantees that most will be by professional songwriters, rather than the artist themselves. Also, being rooted in bluegrass and gospel, many traditional pieces are performed and recorded.

General comments:

Alison Krauss has the most amazing voice. Soft, frail almost, and lilting; but powerful and attention-grabbbing. An accomplished fiddle player, signed to Rounder at age 14, she's a multi-Grammy winner and now sought as a producer. She brought New Grass band Nickel Creek to national attention by having them open for her tour and then producing their first album. (tjshadb@voyuz.net)

Produced by:

Jerry Douglas, Ken Irwin, Alison Krauss

Comments:

I'd never heard her music before, and fear it's a bit too country for me. It's still excellently put together and performed, and after a few listens, I've found a handful of songs have won me over. I was surprised at just how traditional it all sounds. I guess I didn't expect someone so young to be so steeped in the older country styles. I was also surprised that there wasn't nearly as much fiery fiddling as I expected. (neal)

I made up a mixed tape of various artists the other day, and leading it off is the Alison Krauss song, "Baby, Now That I've Found You", from her CD of the same name. Alison is essentially a country artist, and the CD is pretty much a "Best of" compilation. I'm not entirely into her work because I'm not too big on country, but I think her cover of this '60s song is brilliant. (carnivore@bigfoot.com)

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